La Jolla Spindrift by Jack Trolley
“Written in a lean, wryly humorous style, the fourth Tommy Donahoo novel is short on pages but long on action. The biggest mystery is why Jack Trolley (aka Tom Ardies) hasn’t won the Edgar Award yet.” Detroit Free Press
San Diego police detective Tommy Donahoo is up against a crazy Mafia hitman, a rogue FBI agent, a scheming millionaire, and a horny heiress named Travata “Jumpy” Havershot as he investigates the death of a Navy SEAL, a kidnapping, a helicopter crash, millions of missing dollars, and a sunken ship, among other things in this rollicking, action-packed adventure.
“Jack Trolley” was a pseudonym for Tom Ardies.
Books by Jack Trolley
Juarez Justice
In his third adventure, San Diego Police detective Tommy Donahoo is sent to Mexico to assist the Tijuana police in the investigation of the brutal rape and murder of a rich socialite.
Manila Time
San Diego cop Tommy Donahoo is roped against his will into a blackmail scheme involving a murder.
Balboa Firefly
Tommy Donahoo, a hard-drinking, hard-loving, hard-boiled cop, chases not one, but two different madmen intent on shooting down a commercial airliner over a residential neighborhood.
La Jolla Spindrift
San Diego police detective Tommy Donahoo is up against a crazy Mafia hitman, a rogue FBI agent, a scheming millionaire, and a horny heiress named Travata "Jumpy" Havershot as he investigates the death of a Navy SEAL, a kidnapping, a helicopter crash, millions of missing dollars, and a sunken ship, among other things in this rollicking, action-packed adventure.
Reviews For La Jolla Spindrift
There is a lot of good detective work, sharp, tough, realistic and very well written.
Trolley is like a noir voice out of the past, fast talking, sardonic, generating a great deal of suspense.
The non-stop, madcap storytelling delivers great escape reading.
Profane and slam-bang.
